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Tax firm offers recommendations for Saskatoon in 2023 audit
The most recent independent audit of Saskatoon's city finances showed some strengths - and some weaknesses. Accounting and tax firm Ernst & Young was tasked with performing the review in August 20...
Jan 15, 2025 Six recommendations for improvements were made, including the suggestion that the city establish a formal contingency reserve, and better manage and replenish the city's fiscal stabilization reserve and snow and ice management reserves. (650 CKOM file photo)
Moose wandering around Saskatoon rescued and relocated
Conservation officers in Saskatoon had to relocate a moose on the loose on the west side of Saskatoon on Dec. 29. The moose was spotted near the Real Canadian Superstore in Confederation Park before m...
Dec 31, 2024 Saskatoon conservation officers along with members of the Saskatoon Police Department help get a moose onto a tarp on Dec. 29, 2024 in Saskatoon. The moose was later relocated outside the city. (Itchy-Mycologist-620/Reddit)
SGI urges people to find safe rides on New Year's Eve
New Year's Eve is often a time of celebration, but Saskatchewan's insurance issuer wants to make sure people have a safe ride home tonight. SGI's Jeremy Pilon says people can take a cab or rideshare, ...
Dec 31, 2024 Saskatoon Transit and Access Transit are providing free service on all routes on Dec. 31 from 7 p.m. to 3 a.m. (Saskatoon Transit X/submitted)
Enjoy your New Year's Eve fireworks safely, Saskatoon Fire Department says
Revellers in Saskatoon are free to enjoy fireworks on New Year's Eve, but only low-hazard ones. Saskatoon Fire Department (SFD) said in a news release on Monday that only certain fireworks are able to...
Dec 30, 2024 Other than sparklers, people should never light a firework in their hand or hold a lit firework, says Saskatoon Fire Department. (belchonock/Depositphotos.com)
Saskatoon Mayor Cynthia Block looks to challenges ahead in 2025
It's been a whirlwind year for new Saskatoon Mayor Cynthia Block, going from long-time city councillor, to decisively winning the civic election as the city's first female mayor. Fewer than two months...
Dec 30, 2024 Saskatoon Mayor Cynthia Block at her desk at Saskatoon City Hall. (Lara Fominoff/650 CKOM)
British specialty shop says final goodbye to Saskatoon
After more than a decade of selling crisps, tarts, scotch eggs and fish and chips to people in Saskatchewan, Churchill's British Imports in Saskatoon is closing its doors. The news was announced on th...
Dec 28, 2024 Tony Badger, the owner of Churchill's British Imports, said it was simply time to close up the Saskatoon shop. (Lara Fominoff/650 CKOM)
Two arrested after report of shots fired in Saskatoon
Two people are in custody after callers to Saskatoon police reported they heard shots fired in the Mayfair neighbourhood of the city on Friday. Saskatoon Police Service (SPS) said in a news release th...
Dec 28, 2024 (CKOM files)
Shattered window at Saskatoon Cafe leads to call for extra security
The Purrfect Cup Cafe in Saskatoon woke up to a shattered window by its front entrance. Thankfully, the 24 cats who call the cafe home were held far away from the broken window. This is the first time...
Dec 20, 2024 Early morning on Dec. 18, 2024, the Purrfect Cup Cafe's front window was shattered. (The Purrfect Cup Cat Cafe/Facebook)
Canada Post strike delays Saskatoon sexual assault trial
Canada Post workers were back on the job Tuesday, but the effects of the strike will be felt well into the new year. The jury trial for Kenneth Braun at Court of King's Bench in Saskatoon was schedule...
Dec 17, 2024 The judge in Kenneth Braun’s case decided to push the jury trial back 11 months to November 2025. (CKOM file photo)
STC Chief believes 90 per cent of Saskatoon's homeless are First Nations
Earlier this week the City of Saskatoon's 2024 Point-in-Time count revealed there are at least 1,499 homeless people in the city, and Saskatoon Tribal Council (STC) Chief Mark Arcand believes that 90 ...
Dec 15, 2024 STC Chief Mark Arcand believes that 90 per cent of the homeless people in Saskatoon are First Nations. (Saskatoon Tribal Council/Submitted)
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